Automatic headlight-deflecting mechanism.



Tecll w'ltem it mag/'concerns y is a speciiication.

fosses .t snirjLEY, or WASHINGTON, DISTRICT orcoiiuiiiiiif: .L

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ldeitknewm 'thatv l, Josemi J. SHIPLEY, citizen ot the lUnited States, residing' at rltiashitngton, in the. District of Columbia,

have' invented certain new and useful Improveniente in `Automatic Headlight.- Deiectiiigilechanisms, .of whichv the following The 4vention lrelates to` headlights or lamps ior.motor-'vehicles, such as4 autoniebiles and autocars; vand it consists essentially..

of the Vnovel construction and arrangement oi' mechanisms, whereby a plurality oi liead lights or lamps may be rotated in unison to project theylight along` the line ot travel'ot'. the vehiclaavhetlrer the ydirection of travel be in a straight or curved course. i lThe invention further consists of means torvconnecting thefliead'lights or lamps in such a ,manne'i,; that motion imparted tov either one'ivill be transmitted Vtothe other, so that both headlights or lainps'wi'll be Jcaused to move synchronously.

The inventionstill further consists of means for effectively absorbing the occurring variations in the connections between the headlights or lamps and the steering-knuckles or stub-axles, Which variations are dueto the f jolting or 'jarring motion oi the vehicle body, when the vehicle pxasses over obstructions kor uneven placesv in t e roadway.

Oneo the principal objects of the iriveri# y tion isto provide a simple and inexpensive mechanism for operating the headlights or lampsrotautomobiles, autocars, or similar nrotoihvehicles, so as toca'use their li'ht to be reilected in the direction of travel ot the ve-` .liicle in turningr corners or rounding curves.

arms that Other objects ot the invention will beson-'ie readily apparent upon a iull disclosure thereof.

,Intlie drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the forward or front portion of a m otor-vehicle of tlieordinary type, equipped with my improved mecl'ianis:ii ior operating `the Fig. 2, aside elevation of one of i the lainji-supliorts and. brackets, Apartly iii-i` sectionto show the ballbearings; big; 3, an x enlarger-l top plan view oi' o nc ot tlie clampor stul and, Fig. `1l a sii'iiilarview, showing` inparmi secured l to one oi the steer nuckles.

dicate-t'lie steering-knuckles of the front ai;

Specficationvof Letters Patent.

Application filed May 17, 1906. Serial No. 317,370.

issecured to the steering-knuckle ln the several views, the numerals l l y n l l l l leg lar 'openinglo'r slot-7, arranged atarightan- 2,and 3 the body of the car. l "The ybodyiisjgieto 'the steeringiknuckle, as

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theV front ,end of tlie body :being provided:

or arms 4, 4;, to which the ends of thefrontf springs are attached, and as-thus'su ported Y t springs. n

The present invention being applicable to f any type of'motor-veliicle, itis not deemed necessary, tor' a complete understanding4` of the invention, to describe orjrefer toiany part movement is dueto the resiliency of the knuckles, body-bearers orarms, and springs ism 'lorvoperating the lamps, two4 ofv Whichare usually employed on all n iotor-vehicles l 1 Secured to the car-body," atfeac'hv side'`V ball-race' 11. Journaled' 'ineach sleeve is a slfeeve", Ito provide upper and lower ball-bear-` ings forwthelampsupport, the conebearing 15 being heldin adjustedposition by means ofaja1iiiiut1 (fi," l l f Secured to each lamp,-'su-pport 'is-'abella pivotally-attached tofon' arm of A'each oi they bell-crank levers. As thus connected, both caused to rotate in unisonl `whenmotion is transmitted to either. I

steering-.knuckle is a clamparmf 6", which is i. set at an angle coi,'esponding"tothat' ofathe v outer arm of the bell-cranklever, to which resilient connection connectionhin the of a rad AQiiille-,l9'.:

resent instance', -consista` 4 supported upon springsin" the usual manner; i i

' with the usual forwardly-projecting bearers l i e body will have va liinitedvertica fmove-` ment whenever the car passds" over obstrucf 'y tions or uneven places in the roadway, Whicli-v f or parts of the car other-.than the steering-l as these are the only members'or elementslf which cooperate with my improved mechan' thereof, is a bracket 10,"l "which is provided f with a vertical sleeve@ "having at each end a f lamp-support 12 having a forked headlS in l crank lever '17, and the two' supports are 4coni nectedby means of a suitable coin'iefftion '19,'

'95 supports, and thereby the f lamps, will 'fbe it is attached, or connected'byan `elasticor i This elastic or resilienty f l 1,05 having one of its ends pivf g s otailyL-coiinected to said arrnio'f tlie'bellicrank"l r;-,.and itlsother end, which isslightly .4 l 4, lylaeiitmconnectedto the clain`p'a'rm 6, each 4, inwhichfslot the vbent end of the ,rodor partsprevented.

dent that other well-known.

wigsJ is yieldingly 'held by a compressible spring 20 itte'd in' said slot. When under t e influence of a jolt or jar, theends of the rods or wires are forced against the tension of the springs 20 and instantly. returned to normal position. Thus it will be seen that the variations of the distance between the clamparms and the car-body', which variations are due to the jolts or jar-s, are effectually counteracted and the straining of the Itwill be evi l means for absorbing the occurring variations in the length of the connections between the lamps and the steering-'knuckles may begemployed, solong as such means render the con'- nections elastic or resilient, and therefore' 'I do not wish to be understood as limiting my invention to the employment of springsfor such purpose. It willalso be evident that the connection `between the lamps may be` made in any suitablel manner, solong as it will operate to transmit motion imparted to either of said lamps to the other.

Having thus fully described my what I claim, is-'- A 1. ln amotor-vehicle, a spring-supported body, ,steermg-knuckles, duplicate 4lamps rotatably-supported from saidlbody, a connection between the lamps whereby they may be moved in .unison, means connecting'one of the steering-l'rnuckles with one of the lamps,

and means connectingt the other 'steering-1 knuckle with lthe other lamp, whereby both ,of said lamps maybe rotated tojoect the light inthe path oftra'velof the ve turning corners 61' rounding curves.

2. In a motorevehcle, a spring-supported body, steering-.niecha'nism, duplicate lamps ic e When rotatably-supported from said body, mechanism connecting said lamps, and elastic or reslllent ,connecting-,mechanism arranged to ltransmit mot-ion from the steering-mechanism to each of said lamps, whereby they w1ll ybe caused to move in unison and project the light in the path of travel when the vehicle is' turning'corners or rounding curves.

3. In a motor-vehicle, a spring-supported body, steering-knuckles, duplicate lamps mounted in suitable supports journaled in bearings attached to said body, means connectingthe lamps so they may be moved in unison, and connecting mechanism arranged to -transmit motion from the st'eer'ng-knucW kles to each-lamp-support, wherebyboth supports Will be caused to rotate in unison and project thelightin the path-or1 travel `when 6o 4l.'- In a motor-vehicle, a'spring-supported the 'vehicle' is turning corners or rounding curves..

body, steering-knuckles, "duplicate lam s mounted in supports jo'urnaled in suitab e .bearings attached to said body, means c onnecting the lamp-supports so that'motion ...hammam uw".

invention 1 transmitted to either one will -be imparted to the other simultaneously, and elasticv or resupports, and therebycause bothslsupports car,

' body, 4duplicate lamps supported fromvsaid -body and partaking'of the movements perbeing movable a out a vertical axis, steernecting mechanism` including la resilient .member adapted to transmit motion'rom saldv steermgfmechamsm to each of -sald parted to either 'one of other.

6. 'In an automobile, a spring-supported body, brackets supported so as .to partake of the movements permitted by the ,supporting said lamps to 'the each of said brackets and adapted to support '.a lamp, a bell-crank lever carried by each of said vertical rods,` stub-axles for the front body,.steering-knuckles, a slotted arm atsupport rotatably-mounted from said body, an arm projecting at rightfangles-fronreach 'lamp -.support, a wire-connection. between knuckle arm, and,` al compressibl'egspring arranged within the slot of each steering-knuckle' arm, whereby theend of the wire Alocated in said slot is caused to impinge against the end of the slot and be returned to normal position.

9. In a motor-vehicle, a spring-'supported body, steering-knuckles, an arm attached to proximity to each arm, a connection between eachv lamp-support, a connection between each said arm and each steering-knuckle arm,'and means arranged within each slot forV absorbing occurring variations between, the arm of eacr steering-,knuckle and each' lamp-support.

silient connections.arranged totransmit 'mo- 'A tion from the steering-knucklesto,the lamp- '70f to rotate-and project the light 1n front of the j' 5. lnlan automobile, a spring-supported mitted by the su porting springs, said lamps- Aing-mechanism forfsaid automobile, con-v lamps, and other means connecting said, lamps and -actmg to transmit motion imwheels of the automobile, an arm'carried by.

8. In'a motor-vehicle, a spring-supported'I tachedI o' each Vsteering-knuckle, aflamp-y each Alamp-support arm 'and each steering-;-

each steering-knuckle. and provided with an elongated slot, a lamp-support arrangedl in thelamp-supports, an arm projecting from body, steering-knuckles, an' arin attached to each steering-knuckle and' having arranged therein a slot at right-anglesto said steering- -:-Jknu'c kle, `a lamp-support mounted upon ballbearings in proximity to eachl steeringknuckle, a connection between each lampsupport, connections between the steeringknuckle arins and the lamp-.sup orts, and means arranged within the slots or absorbing the occurring variations between the arms of the' steering-knuckles and the lamp- Supports 1 1. In a motor-vehicle; a spring-supported body, steering-knuckles, an armprojecting fromA each steering-knuckle and provided with a slot arranged at a right-angle to said steering-knuckle, a lamp-support rotatably- 10. In a motor-vehicle, a spring-supported mounted. in proximity to each steeringknuckle arm, a bell-crank lever carried by 20 other arm of each bell-crank lever, saidv arms being set 'at corresponding angles, and a sprlng arranged in each slot for holding theA end of the wire-connection yieldingly therein. In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH J. lSI-IIPLEY.

Witnesses:

EDWIN NAUCK, OsoAIt NAUcK. 

